The exercise will focus on each CORE group’s ability to successfully operate a Disaster First Aid Station within the Neighborhood Incident Command structure.

CORE is a free emergency and disaster prevention, preparedness and response training program for individuals, neighborhood groups and community-based organizations in Oakland. Residents who are interested in forming CORE groups in their neighborhoods may contact CORE at 510-238-6351 or core@oaklandnet.com.

Otto Warmbier was arrested in January 2016 at the end of a brief tourist visit to North Korea. He had been medically evacuated and was being treated at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center when he died at age 22.